hubbells 27.17 1st
Nice light character but a a bit heavy in execution
good extension; quite good edges
klutzy in twizzles-hop 3 turns
overall a fair dance.

Navarro & Bommentre 29.19
Kim in fuchsia v necked number with elbow high white gloves
Kim much smoother on the turns than Hubbells; less hopping going on
Still a little too serious
and a little too far apart.
Definitely better to me.

Currently in warmup

OK they are back

Gorshkova Butikov 29.56
She in sleeveless bright yellow with a thick feather ruff at the skirt hem. A bit too footy in the quick turns and rather academic overall. One or two discomfortable leans. I don't think this was better than NavBoms.

Virtue &Moir 38.41
all in black-black elbow gloves and bare shoulder sleeveless dress for Tessa
Much better but Tessa's solo turn is not good. They need some practice. This may be beatable.
Good side by side f/w though! Much closer together than previous couples, but not always uniform
I found this rather overscored.

Pechalat Bourzat 35.53
He in lt grey brown tux & pants, she in sugar plum fairy pink puff tutu dress
Very, very nice dance. Very close, fast, light hearted. A little better leg line needed in a couple places.
About the same as V&M.. Particularly Nathalie's solo turn was smooth and integral to the dance, much better than Tessa's
Judges don't agree with me and crowd is annoyed.

Samuelson Bates 31.11
Emily in white backless, sleeveless dress with high collar and white elbow gloves. Evan typical black tux.
You can tell they are trained by the same coaches as Hubbells-nice extension and leg line but lack of smoothness
on the turns (better than Hubbells though) You can tell this is a new dance to them

Kerr Kerr 36.13
John in black tux. Sinead in an all white with big colored stones version of a tango dress-diagonal cut skirt with ruffles and all
White elbow gloves.
Lovely, light frivolous lilting character. Better leg line than P&B.
Some jumpiness to some turns.
I liked it very much. Wow, so do the judges!

Wow, for all the talk of P/B possibly winning the event, they now have a lot of heavy lifting ahead for the rest of the competition.

I'm impressed that the Kerrs improved their score for this same dance by TWO POINTS!!! in a week. I know there are always variations in judging panels, but this dramatic an improvement in CD scores usually happens over the course of a season, not a week!

When it comes up on on-demand on ice network, it's worth reviewing this Golden Waltz because it makes it clear why S&B are not yet getting top scores yet. While their posture is lovely, they are still hopping turns that ought to be smooth.
Compare how V&M do those turns in hold and how smooth the blade is supposed to run.

And the speed wasn't there. Check the size of their pattern, vs. V&M who were superfast. The Golden is a busy dance, so S&B's lovely extension doesn't show as much in it, either, as in say one of the less busy dances.

And they did not have the light, frivolous character they are supposed to have in the Golden (check the Kerrs for that).

They looked like and were scored like a somewhat better version of the Hubbells to me.